Let's Join Forces
Businesses, foundations, and organizations: Let’s tackle the literacy crisis together. Form a lasting relationship with Lead to Read KC through sponsorships, employee engagement, and opportunities tailored to your giving mission.
Ready to get started? Contact Executive Director Rhea Muchalla LeGrande at rhea@leadtoreadkc.org.
Fund literacy programs
Match employee gifts
Sponsor or host an event
Employee volunteering
“Onspring is grateful for the opportunity that Lead to Read provides our employees to impact the community in an incredibly important way, by volunteering for just one lunch hour, once per week. By volunteering with Lead to Read, Onspring employees experience greater personal satisfaction and a sense of connection with our community, which, in turn, boosts our employee retention and engagement. We’re looking forward to continuing this great partnership for years to come!”
Key Supporters
Best Sellers
Chapter Books
Easy Readers
Ameristar Casino & Hotel
Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation
Black & Veatch
Blue KC
CBIZ
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Freedom Interiors
Henderson Engineers
Heubel Shaw
Hughes Family Fund
Husch Blackwell
IMA Foundation
J B Reynolds Foundation
JE Dunn Construction
Lockton
Mariner Foundation
Midwest Builders’ Casualty
The Miller Group
NorthPoint Foundation
Oppenstein Brothers Foundation
Thrivent
UMB
U.S. Venture/Schmidt Family Foundation
Vedock Family Foundation
Picture Books
Casey’s
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Central Bank of Kansas City
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Compass Minerals
DEMDACO
Equity Financial Services
Evergy
FNBO
FORVIS
Garney Construction
HOK
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Humana
Hunt Midwest
Jones Development
Labconco
Lead Bank
R A Long
Jim and Michele Stowers Foundation
VanTrust
Honor Roll
It’s easy to make the Honor Roll! Learn more and join today.
Ben Bravence
Carol Diraimo
Shelia Dziura
Heidi Faris
Amanda Franze
Jacob Heindel
Maryann and Steve Hughes
Pam Kingsley
Arielle Lanfranca
Angela Lanier
Byron Lee
Ann Mueller
Natalie Nibert
Elizabeth Rosin
Anna Rundle
Carol Thompson Lewis
Kim Van Maren
Linda Zesch
Get Involved
We need you! There are so many ways to be part of the solution to our community’s literacy crisis. Choose to give your time or resources to Lead to Read KC.